SOUTH BEND Â? At Terrence L. ColemanÂ?s December sentencing for reckless homicide, the judge warned the South Bend teen that he faced a bleak future if he failed to point his life in a different direction.

If Coleman went back to his old ways, Judge Roland W. Chamblee Jr. told him, the teen was going to kill someone else or end up dead.

Â?I hope you have learned a lesson,Â? Chamblee said.

But Coleman, according to prosecutors and court files, ignored the judgeÂ?s admonishment.

Eight months after the sentencing and just more than three months after his release from prison, 19-year-old Coleman was arrested in connection with a weekend shooting that has left a man critically injured.

Since late April, Coleman has pushed through revolving jail and courthouse doors, dodging prolonged time behind bars and skating past judges while quickly contributing to a dizzying array of court activity.

Violent reoffenders are far from an uncommon occurrence, police and prosecutors say. A large percentage of the cityÂ?s crimes are committed by a select few, many who repeatedly dabble in drugs, guns or property crimes despite occasional stints in prison.